The pioneer Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, Shehu Usman is dead.
His death was announced on Tuesday on the floor of the Assembly.
Shuaib Abdulkadir, PDP Patigi, told the House of Usman’s death during a plenary session under matters of urgent public importance.
The lawmaker said that Usman died on Monday evening during a brief illness.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) later that the first speaker had been buried in his hometown.
Deputy Speaker Mathew Okedare, who presided over the plenary session, described the death as a huge loss.
He said that the Assembly would dedicate a day for a valedictory session for the departed former speaker.
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NAN reports that the House observed a minute silence in honour of the late pioneer speaker.
Usman, who hailed from Lafiagi in Edu Local Government Area of the state, was the speaker of the House from 1979 to 1983.